Coffee Table Makeover with Added Lower Shelf

During Spring break I took one day apart to spend it with my SIL doing something we both enjoy very much: Thriftying. We didn't find many goodies but we did have a really good time. The only two items that came home with me were a pair of linen curtains -I still need to give them a good wash- and this coffee table which cost me twenty bucks, yeah, nice price. ;)

I'd been looking for a coffee table to replace the one we'd been using for the past couple of years. This little table had served us well, it used to be a regular table but after many years of no use, we cut the legs and Voila! We got a coffee table. :) Lately, I've been wanting a more robust table in its place.

So, when I saw this chunky legs table, I knew it was coming with me. One of its legs was very loose and that's precisely the first thing that got fixed. Well, all the legs were secured.
This is a heavy table, my guess is, every time someone pulls the table the legs are the ones to suffer, getting looser with every pull.

That's why I decided to attach a lower shelf, well, I also wanted the extra shelf to have more storage. That's like a win-win situation - no damage to the legs and storage-
The materials I needed I had them at hand :) The shelf and some little extra feet.
For the shelf I used the remnants of the underlayment sheet I bought for the Tray Organizer for the above fridge cabinet. The little feet were the extra pieces I cut from a table to create a bed in the guess room. Ha, many times I feel like a hoarder saving things like these, but hey, you never know when you're going to use them! I'm glad I saved these.

The lower shelf was cut to size but in order to make all the sides smooth, trim was added, mitering the corners.

Then, with the table upside-down the shelf was centered and the legs placement marked in order to make pre-drills for the screws.

The screws were driven into the countersunk pre-drills. Right after, the little extra feet can be added, the same way.